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Re: Solo Flute, contemporary classical

I like the piece and as Theo said solo unaccompanied wind instruments are indeed a difficult medium in which to write. I think you did a fine job on this piece, but it is too short. I would really like to hear some more development of your ideas. You have some excellent motivic ideas in this little piece that you could certainly build on.

Thanks for the listen, I enjoyed it.

[Music is the Rhythm, Harmony and Breath of Life]
"Music is music, and a note's a note" - Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong

Re: Solo Flute, contemporary classical

There's a tendency to feel that further writing will diminish what is finished. According to most solo pieces, you can think of at least two contrasting movements.
Change tempo; change key; change the mood, etc.

Re: Solo Flute, contemporary classical

Hi Gary,

Yes I agree. There is a talent in balancing repetition and change. I'm not so much afraid of adding on more as I'm very sensitive to the issue of making connections that the listener couldn't possibly be aware of and therefore only works for the composer. On some level that type of view is useful but for example it is difficult to have a casual listener relate to a tone row - especially when the row becomes very abstract.

I have some piano sonatas (not duodecophonic) that are very coherent on a micro scale that I think no one but me can recognize on a macro scale. This is one aspect of composition that has been difficult for me to bend to my will.

Perhaps though expanding this piece - trying to grasp this at the simplest is a very good idea.